When you are using the Self-Elevation feature of AppSense Application Manager – kind of like a “break glass” function for users who may need to run applications that would otherwise be blocked – you access it using a context menu item. However, if users right-click on their Start Menu Pinned Items, the option to Self-Elevate does not appear.
I don’t know what happens behind-the-scenes to cause this but here’s a quick workaround – use the Shift key whilst right-clicking and you’ll get the expected set of options. Remembered that trick from back in the early XP days when you had to use Shift with right-click just to get the Open With option.
I must also apologise for being so quiet lately. I’ve been trying to work on some innovative stuff but I’ve been somewhat hampered by a storage device failure at home. I spend all day preaching best practices and then just ignore them in my own environment. As I said on Twitter, there’s a word for this – idiot. Hopefully I will be back up and running soon.
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